• lauha
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    27 days ago

    Both views can be right, assuming big enough errorbars.

    Earth is 6000 years old ±14 billion years.

    • SkyezOpen
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      27 days ago

      Earth was actually created last Thursday.

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        27 days ago

        Actually, no. The earth was created this morning, when I woke up. I was dropped into it in media res, complete with a backstory and the lore. It will be deleted when I go to bed tonight.

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          The earth will actually be retained for quality and training purposes, and your personal data will shared with our 6000 intimate partners.

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          Actually all that exists runs entirely in RAM. But it’s virtual RAM so nothing really exists. This is all just an illusion of existence, a false reality. Persistent potential state that is never realized.

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        With these errorbars, the earth was created 13 billion years in the future